Math enthusiasts celebrate Pi Day every year on March 14, to honor the mathematical constant that represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. This year's event, however, happens just once in a century. Today, March 14, 2015, at 9:26 a.m. and 53 seconds, the date and time...
In mathematics, a quadratic is a type of problem that deals with a variable multiplied by itself — an operation known as squaring. This language derives from the area of a square being its side length multiplied by itself. The word quadratic comes from quadratum, the Latin word for square....